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...would have made his statement without a little legal confidence. Gore went out armed with Wednesday's Florida Supreme Court decision declaring the hand counts legal. (Bush's lawyers have taken that to federal appeals court in Atlanta, and it probably won't stop there.) And Bush had the curt statement of Harris, who is turning into his personal Janet Reno, to lean on. Harris held a 9:30 p.m. press conference to declare that she had duly considered the three counties' appeal to have their manual counts included in the official tally, and had found them decidedly wanting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gore's Gambit, Bush's Brush-Off | 11/14/2000 | See Source »

...little bit worried," said Curt Hinshaw, who traveled to Austin from Longview, Texas with his wife and two children. "I really expected him to take Pennsylvania and Florida...

Author: By Imtiyaz H. Delawala, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Texas Disbelief: A Victory Lost | 11/9/2000 | See Source »

...union legislation aimed at temp agencies, low productivity nations and the working poor. What is more disturbing, Gore refuses to foreswear the option of raising taxes if there is a recession. When asked whether tax increases during a recession are wise, Bush economist Lawrence Lindsey's response was curt and ominous, "That's what Herbert Hoover...

Author: By Steven R. Piraino, | Title: No Brain, No Headache | 10/17/2000 | See Source »

...lights. Suddenly, the lights go down and a roar goes up. The British rock quintet Radiohead has taken the stage. Unsatisfied with traditional venues and their corporate-logo-covered interiors, the band is touring Europe with a portable circus-like tent. Singer Thom Yorke introduces each number with curt, dry wit; the music is forceful and precise, combining punkish attitude, tasteful art-rock grandeur and judicious electronic sampling. Jonny Greenwood taunts his guitar into some snarling arpeggios and, switching instruments, adds warm, supportive keyboard colors to other songs. This is the sound of a band that, with the possible exceptions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Radiohead Reinventing Rock | 10/9/2000 | See Source »

Last week the Supreme Court issued a curt three-sentence ruling denying the federal government's request to allow the Microsoft case to bypass federal appeals courts and to hear the case directly. The decision, which indefinitely pushes back the date on which the software giant may be forced to comply with an earlier ruling ordering the company to split in two, was lauded by the Microsoft camp. However, for the thousands of software companies and millions of American consumers who suffer from Microsoft's anti-competitive behavior, the decision is merely another painful protraction of the long wait...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Justice Delayed for Consumers | 10/6/2000 | See Source »

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